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H. M. GOODMAN. OAR AXLE LUBRIGATOR (No Model.)

No. 431,967. Patented July 8, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY M. GOODMAN, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO J. S. BELL AND F. A. BAKER, OF SAME PLACE.

CAR-AXLE LUBRICATO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 431,967, dated July 8, 1890.

Application filed April 10, 1890. Serial No. 347,354. (No model.)

'To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY M. GOODMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Louisville, in the county of Jeflt'erson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oar-Axle Lubricators; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which IO it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a vertical lon- I 5 gitudinal section, and- Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section.

This invention relates to certain improvements in lubricators; and it consists in the a construction and novel combination of parts, as will appear from the following description and accompanying drawings.

In the drawings, A refers to the j ournalbox, which is of the usual car-axle form.

13 is the lower brass, and O is the upper brass, above which is the securing plate or wedge D.

E is the supply-pipe for the lubricator, which leads from a reservoir of oil or lubricant, suitably disposed, and is in communication with and charges into a vertical passage a in the center of the securing plate or wedge D.

In the'under side of the upper brass O is a lubricant-distributing cavity or channel I), which is also in communication with the pas- 3 5 sage a and faces the car-axle F.

The brasses B and C, which are concave upon their inner surfaces to conform to the contour of the car-axle, are let into recesses c in said axle to prevent endwise displace- 40 ment of the brasses. The plate or wedge D at its ends abuts against an inner pendent ledge or flange (1 near one end of the journalbox A, and an outer at its opposite end flange d at the opposite end of the latter. One end of the plate is itself provided with a pendent flange e, engaging a recess 6' in the upper brass B, holding it in place. The lower brass is held elastically or yieldingly in contact with and automatically adjusts itself to the oscillations of the car-axle, and is elevated from, and consequently held out of contact with, the bottom of the journal-box by means springs j, resting upon said bottom and. forming elastic cushions for said lower brass. This arrangement also permits the other or upper brass, as also the securing plate or wedge, to have more or less yielding action to accommodate the oscillations of the car-axle.

In the bottom of the journal-box is a discharge outlet or pipe g for the Wastelubricant.

In lieu of the lubricant-distributing cavity or channel extending in the direction of the length of the brass, as shown, it may extend transversely thereof.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. The lubricator having the upper and lower brasses and the securing plate or wedge, the upper brass having a distributing-chain 7o nel and a supply-passage coincident with a passage in said plate, said brasses and plate being held yieldingly or elasticallyin contact with the car-axle, substantially as set forth.

2. The lubricator having the upper brass provided with a supply-passage and distributing-channel, and its superposed plate, the lower brass, and the springs bearing against said lower brass, the brasses being let into recesses in the axle and the plate or wedge abutting at its ends against pendent flanges of the journal-box, and having itself at one end a similar flange engaging arecess in said upper brass, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY M. GOODMAN.

Witnesses:

CHAS. M. MILLER, CHAs. T. DEARING. 

